Greedy Fil-Am Caregivers Serving Jail in U.S.

Ever wondered what happened to a Filipina certified nursing assistant (CNA) and her younger sister who were charged in the U.S. of bilking US$ 350,000 from a senior citizen under their care in 2012?

They were caught, charged and sentenced on 22 December 2014 to six and four years in state prison, respectively, after they pleaded guilty to charges.

Four Oklahoma Gays Charged With Raping Boys

Four Oklahoma high school homosexuals were charged last 1 February with raping two boys aged 12 and 16 after a wrestling tournament in January, police said.

All suspects were members of the Norman North High School wrestling team. Three were charged as youth offenders and one was charged as an adult stemming from the 9 January incident, police in Norman said.

PIDS Named Top Think Tank ... Again

The country's social research arm and primary government policy analyst, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) has been recognized as among the world`s top think tanks for the fourth consecutive year.

In the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Report and Policy Advice of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program (TTCSP) at the University of Pennsylvania, PIDS was included in the list of best think tanks in seven categories. More than 6,600 think tanks from 198 countries were assessed in this round.

Italians Do Not Want Gay Marriage

Thousands of people were reported to have filled Rome's Circus Maximus last 30 January to protest a proposal from some unpopular minority group to legally recognize same-sex civil unions in Italy, the only county in Western Europe not to do so.

Around 1,500 buses were chartered from across Italy to bring the protesters, who filled the ancient Roman chariot racing arena. Parents pushed strollers; Roman Catholic priests were out in force, and people waved balloons and banners, including one that read, "No to the Gaystapo," a reference to the Nazi Gestapo.

Mexican Police Are Too Scared and Ineffective

A video (below) taken in Mexico is fast becoming viral because it shows at least six Mexican police officers running away from cartel members who ended up murdering a businessman as his family watched in horror.

The man's family reached out to police for help when a group of gunmen showed up at their house in Cristo Rey, Sinaloa and dragged him out of the house, according to local newspaper Noroeste. But instead of helping the family, the officers showed up, saw they were outmanned, and ran away, cell phone video captured by the family shows.

Gay Killed Himself A Day Before He Will Be Jailed

A gay man committed suicide by throwing himself off a bridge on the day he was due to be sentenced, a court has heard.

Michael Fiek, 40, who was originally from Shoreditch, east London, was due to be sentenced at Leeds Crown Court - along with two other gays. However,on the day of sentencing, Judge Tom Bayliss QC was told that Fiek had jumped to his death in London.